Learning AutoCAD

It has been a while since my last update. Been trying to deal with a lot of things, decisions that need to be faced and projects that need to be undertaken.

One of them is honing my skills in Automated Computer-Aided Drafting and Design. I’m a frustrated Architect, frustrated Interior Designer. I should have taken any of the two courses in college instead of Majoring in Psychology.

Too much analysis of the Human Behavior leads to more problems making a person susceptible to unwarranted understanding and too much patience. Bad for relationships. Unless once has to specialize. Then at least you’ll get paid analyzing and being patient.

I prepared myself for it (the AutoCADD). I even attended a week training, travelling 45kms back and forth on the moped (benefit: I lost 4 pounds). It was a short-term hands-on course. Sort of an overview and theories of computer-aided drafting and design. It felt easy back then. We used the Autodesk Architectural Design 2007. Only to find out after the training that Autodesk released the 2008 version and lately the 2009 version (arghh!). Imagine my difficulty in familiarizing the new interface.

But this is so cool I tell you. I began plotting the dream house I’ll build in the future, and the furniture that goes with it. I haven’t mastered it though. I need countless work hours to really design with my eyes closed.

Now with the new releases, I had to start from scratch, learning the new tricks, and painstakingly so.

Cebu Apr 2008

On my Cebu trip. I’ve got nothing but pictures, all about the sea, and nothing from the City and the people that thrive within.

Cebu is humid. This is what I’ve realized, on my second attempt at relocating in this city. The sudden blast of heat welcomes you when your boat docks down the pier. It stays with you and sticks to your skin like a leech.

Cebu at dawn

orange skies

early morning

smog?

hues

crystal clear waters